Washboard.



No. 633,103. Patented sept. l2, |399.

- J. J. G. C. SCHMIDT.

WASHBOAHD.

(Application led Oct. 1, 1898.) (No Model.)

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JOHN J. G. C. SCHMIDT, OF JERSEY CITY,ANE\V JERSEY.

WASHBOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,103, dated September 12, 1899.

Application filed October l, 1898. Serial No. 692,365. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. G. C. SCHMIDT, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvementin VVashboards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in washboards, the object being to provide an improved device in which the washboard is provided with a group of perforations in its rubbing-surface and with means for pressing a cake of soap against the under side of said perforated portion, so as to press portions of the soap through the perforations into positions to be engaged by the wetted clothes to form suds during the rubbing action of the clothes on the face of the said rubbing-surface.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 represents a front View of the washboard. Fig. 2 represents a back view of the same. Eig. 3 is a transverse longitudinal section in the plane of the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a transverse horizontal section in the plane of the line 4 t of Fig. 2.

A A designate the side bars, and A2 A3 the top and bottom cross-bars, which form the frame of the washboard.

The rubbing-surface B may be made of any suitable material. This rubbing-surface is corrugated from its bottom up a considerable distance toward its top and from its top a short distance toward its bottom, so as to leave a smooth portion Z). The rubbing-surface is perforated at its smooth portion b, the perforations b' in the present instance being quite small and near together to form a group about the size of an ordinary cake of washingsoap. An arch-bar C extends across the back of the washboard at the back of the Vsmooth portion b, the ends of the said arch-bar being brought forward and secured in any suitable manner to the side bars A A'. A pair of guides c c extend from the arch-bar C forwardly to the back of the smooth portion b of the rubbing-surface B upon opposite sides of the perforated portions thereof. A springactuated follower D is mounted to slide forwardly and rearwardly upon the guides c c'.

the rubbing-surface is perforated. The

spring-actuated follower D is provided with a handle d, located on its back, which handle may be used for retracting the follower when it is desired to remove or insert a cake of soap. In the structure herein shown and 'described the entire face ofv the cake of soap is not brought in direct contact with the cloth being washed, but simply those portions which are pressed through the perforations, which eX- posed portions are dissolved when brought in contact with the cloth and water, thereby formingv the suds. By this arrangement the soap is not wasted, and it may be used until it is entirely dissolved. p

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein set forth; but

What I claim is- Awashboard comprising a suitable frame,a corrugated rubbing-surface held by the frame, a flat perforated rubbing-surface interposed in the corrugated rubbing-surface and interrupting the corrugated portion, a spring-actuated follower for holding a cake of soap in Contact with the under face of theperforated portion of the board and an arch supportingbar secured to the opposite sides of the frame for holding the spring-actuated follower in operative position, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 29th day of September, 1898.

JOHN J. G. C. SCHMIDT. y

Witnesses:

FREDK. IIAYNEs, C. S. SUNDGREN. 

